Re: Affirmations, Visualizations, GOOD WORD MAGIC

I've been thinking about affirmations a lotrecently, and doing them for the last two days.So far, for me, they work best in combination withmy med. I go to therapy too. I realized the otherday, as I sitting on the couch, glassy eyed andstaring into space, and depressed, that I was really ruminating on negative thoughts. It was a habit. It sort of scared me though, b/c I realizedI was talking myself into a certain state. I kepttelling myself I was crazy, kept visualizing myselfin a mental hospital. I realized as I was gettingpulled in deeper and deeper that I was sort of hypnotizing myself. I got a grip a couple of dayslater, and thought "you know, these negativeruminations can really be dangerous" I could actuallyimagine myself talking myself into an actual crazystate. I realized I was just repeating negativemantras to myself over and over. So what I'm trying to do is replace them with positive mantras.It has REALLY helped. Never underestimate the powerof words. I tell myself I'm practicing "good word Magic".....here are a few of my affirmations..I do them while I powerwalk through the woods :-)

--more love than fear, more faith than doubt--competent, confident--beautiful and REAL, inside and out--beautiful, wild, and kind